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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

"The memory-erasingwhite architecture, "the enforced leisure "that fossilisedthe nervous...

"The memory-erasing
white architecture, "the enforced leisure "that fossilised
the nervous system, "the almost
Africanised aspect, "but a North Africa
invented by someone "who had never visited
the Maghreb

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"The memory-erasing white architecture,
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"the enforced leisure
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"that fossilised the nervous system,
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"the almost Africanised aspect,
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"but a North Africa invented by someone
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"who had never visited the Maghreb.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:34
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: When Grenouille finally wears - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
Richard narrates: When Grenouille finally wears
S01 • E02 Written in post-war Germany, some have speculated - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Written in post-war Germany, some have speculated
S01 • E03 "The apparent absence of any social structure, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
"The apparent absence of any social structure,
S01 • E01 Richard narrates: Everywhere I go in Matera, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
Richard narrates: Everywhere I go in Matera,
S01 • E02 - For me, the message of love - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
- For me, the message of love
S01 • E03 "Perhaps this was what a leisure-dominated future - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"Perhaps this was what a leisure-dominated future
S01 • E01 Here in the historic centre, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
Here in the historic centre,
S01 • E02 Just try to understand them - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Just try to understand them
S01 • E03 "Nothing could ever happen in this affectless realm, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"Nothing could ever happen in this affectless realm,
S01 • E02 I agree. And I also think that the search for identity, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:25
I agree. And I also think that the search for identity,
S01 • E03 "And construction noise is ever present - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"And construction noise is ever present
S01 • E01 Mariangela Caruso works in the gallery. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
Mariangela Caruso works in the gallery.
S01 • E01 Mariangela: This painting was commissioned - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
Mariangela: This painting was commissioned
S01 • E03 During Ballard's time here, he also witnessed - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
During Ballard's time here, he also witnessed
S01 • E02 And unfortunately he has to murder - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
And unfortunately he has to murder
S01 • E03 Perhaps as a result of his own experiences - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
Perhaps as a result of his own experiences
S01 • E01 He already knew some of them - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
He already knew some of them
S01 • E01 He knew the condition of poverty. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
He knew the condition of poverty.
S01 • E03 He returned to the subject in many of his novels, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
He returned to the subject in many of his novels,
S01 • E01 He knew their sorrow, their sense of pity - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
He knew their sorrow, their sense of pity